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Back in the North West: 24/01/23 & 03/03/23

 After a chaotic couple of weeks of gigs and uni assignments, I finally find myself with a bit of time on my hands to write the blog again. Needless to say, being in my final year of uni has meant that the amount of time that I have spent in the field has been somewhat limited. As a result, I will cover my last two trips out in this same blog post. Martin Mere - 24/01/2023 After dipping a Yellow-Browed Warbler at Burton Mere in the autumn last year, I had still failed to see this leaf warbler. So when a wintering individual at the sewage works of WWT Martin Mere turned up, it proved to be too tempting to resist. I played it extremely casually and it took me a few weeks or so after it turned up for me to finally get the chance to go and see it.  But alas, me and the main man Marc ventured out to the reserve via public transport on an extremely blustery day in the hopes of connecting with the target. With an uncharacteristically early start, we were at the sewage works by about ...